Flawless blue skies, 23.8 / dew 18.9, with a breeze from the ENE - the sea is half a mile away.

The high so far is 24.8 and, for once, the temperatures so far have been 2 or 3 degrees below the forecast of both GFS and MetO. I don't mind heatwaves as much if they're only virtual ones. 😁

EDIT: And as we go into the evening, the sea breeze continues! Down to 22.1 / dew 16.8 now, so fingers crossed a decentish night's sleep to come. And it'll be all the sweeter as the models were still showing 26 for now... a rare case of them overcooking temperatures. It'll be the sea breeze which did it... the other week when it was stupidly hot the winds were skewed just too far to the south to pick up cool air from the sea.

Already down to 20.4c so all the doors and windows open of course.

Much the same here, with contrails blowing over from London, and a bit of high cloud.

It's humid again, and having used the "fan on the patio" trick earlier, the French windows now have a covering of condensation on the outside... a sure sign of rapidly rising temperatures, and a humid day!

It's now 17.3, dew 16.2, after an overnight low of 14.9. Yesterday's high was 24.8.

The last few days (and next few) look like being a little oasis of summer in a desert of disappointment here this season.

This swirling tornado-like cloud was spotted over south Lincolnshire and indicates a region of intensely low pressure. May 2023.

Funnel cloud spotted over Lincolnshire

https://news.sky.com/video/funnel-cloud-spotted-over-lincolnshire-12878666 

If it hits 32.2C then that will be the 14th year in a row that has reached 90F. According to Trevor Harley's stats here, over the long term/20th century, 90F has only been reached just over 50% of the time, (59 times in the 20th century) so that's quite a statistical anomaly!

https://www.trevorharley.com/hottest-day-of-each-year-from-1875.html 

For comparison, only seven years between 1960 and 1982 reached 90F!

Also I note the minimum at Sennybridge was just 4.9C last night - pretty chilly for the time of year. I certainly noticed the chill at night up in Yorkshire over the weekend.

Anyone on holiday here in Dorset, especially those living in tents, should apparently make the most of it today.

31C is forecasted for gear today so i wouldn't be surprised if we hit 32C or even 33C

11:20am!!

Yes high cloud and contrails this morning but burnt off now and there's not a cloud in the sky. I'm off to the IOW tomorrow, looks like the fine weather won't hold but tomorrow and Thursday should still be decent enough I reckon, albeit with the chance of a storm.

30.5C 

Glorious sunny day again. 

However just got back from the southsea/town part of the island and it is much cooler feeling than the northern half if the city. Something of a gentle sea breeze blowing there and temperatures feeling more like the 26-28C range. 

The cumulus are beginning to dissipate though

Here in Hawick, there is plenty of decent sunshine at times but as has been the case throughout this summer, we still can't get a completely sunny day and there continues to be a lot of cloud around.

Even with that though, it's still nice enough and it's warmer than yesterday at around 21°C.